Posted by 64bowtie on September 21, 2005, at 15:10:56
In reply to » GG » ...on neuologicals, et al, posted by 64bowtie on September 21, 2005, at 14:59:51
GG,
Continuing on....
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>The outcome is that, with the population of neurons being actually more in the 'gut' than in the brain at birth, and feelings end up being stored in the gut, it's likely that reasoning via feelings can leave us missing a better big picture of our lives as adults...GG: See, here's where I am confused. Are you talking about the connections from the autonomic nervous system to the internal organs and mesentery? If so, I wouldn't necessarily characterize that as neurons "in" the gut. Rather, I would call it a connection to the gut. As far as reasoning via the gut, surely taking in the "data" from feelings and integrating it with the rational mind would lead to better "outcomes" in understanding what's going on with us? They don't call intuition a "gut feeling" as a derogatory, but rather view it as a useful tool.
Rod: I made a classic sophomoric mistake… I generalized, and I apologize… The corrected quote is that we have as many brain cells (neurons) in our STOMACH and INTESTINES as in our brain at birth… As a child, our 2 dimensional reasoning is supported by our storage of memories as feelings… While children, we reflect on memories such that if the feelings were good, we can approach, and if the feelings were bad, we avoid whatever is coming at us…
Operating as children when we are grown-ups is very unwise… We have so many more reflections that the approaching and avoiding can getting confusing… Whereas, as adults, we have much advanced memory management tools wired in at puberty, allowing much finer scrutiny of the information coming our way… When you share something here, I see you sharing, a lady from the ‘Buckeye State’, with slight features and your light red hair… I do this automatically, and couldn’t have mustered any of it up as a child… As a child I lacked the wiring…
Rod
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